''Proustia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

, native to

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and the

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.Tropicos, ''Proustia'' Lag.
/ref> ; Species * '' Proustia cuneifolia'' D.Don -

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

* '' Proustia ilicifolia'' Hook. & Arn. -

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Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

* '' Proustia pyrifolia'' DC. -

* '' Proustia vanillosma'' C.Wright -

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US Department of Agriculture, plants database map
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see ''

Acourtia ''Acourtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830. It includes ''desertpeonies'', such as ''Acourtia nana'' (dwarf desertpeony) and ''Acourtia runcinata'' (featherleaf desertpeony). T ...

Berylsimpsonia

Lophopappus ''Lophopappus'' is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ; Species

Vernonanthura'' * ''Proustia crassinervis'' Urb. - '' Berylsimpsonia crassinervis'' (Urb.) B.L.Turner * ''Proustia cuneata'' S.F.Blake - '' Lophopappus blakei'' Cabrera * ''Proustia domingensis'' Spreng. ex DC. - '' Vernonanthura buxifolia'' (Less.) H.Rob. * ''Proustia mexicana'' Lag. ex D.Don - '' Acourtia humboldtii'' (Less.) B.L.Turner * ''Proustia reticulata'' Lag. ex D.Don - '' Acourtia reticulata'' (Lag. ex D.Don) Reveal & R.M.King

References

Nassauvieae Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Mariano Lagasca {{Asteraceae-stub